Improvement in halters



l@uiten gisten strnt @frn WILSN GARRISON AND CHARLES H. STEVENS, OE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 73,711, dated January 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HALTERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, WILSON GARRISON and CHARLES H. STEVENS, of Syracuse, in lthe county of Onondaga, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Halters; and We do hereby declare that the following is a clear, full, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

in which- Figure 1 shows the halter complete, and

Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5, are detail views.

Similar letters'of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a new and improved construction of metallic joints or connections for uniting the various parts of a. halter or headstall for animals, whereby a saving of labor is made, and the greatest facility for incidental repairing is obtained, as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A, in iig. 1, is the crown-strap, B the cheek-strap, E the chin-strap, C the throat-latch, D the nosestrap, F the jowl-strap, and Gr is the halter. We'secure the halter to its ring by means of two plates, H H', g. 2, which are so formed, that when placed together and secured to the end of the halter, they form a metallic eye (H, g. 1,) for connecting the halter toits ring. The plate H is cast with several small holes, 7L L, andthe opposite plate, H', with a corresponding number of small pins, t 7L', so that when the end of a leather strap is punctured with a like set of holes, the pins l1.' may be passed through it, and the twoplates brought together', as shown by edge view, iig. 2, and secured by a screw, J, which occupies the holes t' z'. The Y small pins it reach through the leather, into the holes of the opposite plate, and by this means a strong hold ofthe leather is obtained. The screw J also clamps the plates i'irmly upon the leather, and increases their grasp. A rivet may be employed in place of this screw, but the screw allows the joint to be removed readily, for repairing the halter at any time, and in Athis respect has advantage over a rivet. The plate H is provided with a sharp transverse rib or nib, j, which engages with a corresponding cavity in the oppositeY plate I-I, so that the plates are secured to each other in a more substantial manner than by the pins alone.

Fig. 3 shows an elbowfconnection, K, for securing the nose-strap to the cheek-strap. The plates of this connection are secured to the leather, and to each other, in the same manner as in fig. 2, but theback plate is, in this case, made up of two parts, l Z, and the main plate K has an eye, k, cast in it, for receiving tle chinstrap E, tlgA 1.

Fig. 4 shows a metallic connection, M an, for uniting the throat-latch C with the eheek-strap B, with a buckle combined. This connection is made in two parts, M m, which are fastened together upon the leather, as in the preceding connections, and the frame P of the buckle is cast upon the plate M, as shown. The tongue R is also of cast malleable metal, and is cast with a cross-bar, r r. This cross-bar insures a sharp turn of the strap A, (as seen in edge view, iig. 4,) which gives the buckle a Vstronger hold of the strap, and also strengthens the tongue It, to prevent ben-ding. The eye of the tongue R is cast open, and then bent around the wrist t, but is cast with a shoulder, s, (detached view, tig. 4,) so that the tongue has a-fair downward-bearing surface to present to wrist t, for sustaining the increase of downward pressure on the tongue, caused by pressure of the strap on the cross-bar.

Fig. 5 shows the chin-strap buckle P', cast with a securing-plate, for attaching it to its strap, in the same manner asin the other cases.

The loops o are all secured by being clamped in between the plates, andV no stitching is necessary for any part of the halter. Rivets may be used in place of the screws J, to hold thexplates engaged, but we consider the screws as the most preferable, as it is desirable to have the connections so constructed that little mechanical skill is required to take the connections-apart and make repairs, by substitutinglnew straps in place of those which have become worn by use. These metallic connections are all made of cast malleable metal, and the labor hud leather saved--thirty inches of leather is saved-in putting the halter together in this manner, more` than pays the cost of the connecting-plates, so that we obtain a halter of more neat and finished appearance, with less cost, than by the ordinary method of construction.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,yis=4 strap, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. The method of securing the opposite parts of the metallic connections to eachother, and to their straps, namely, one plate provided with pins or projections, 7L', vand .theopposite platte with corresponding holes, h, in connection with binding-screw or rivet, Las und for the purpose set forth. v l

3. The transverse rib j, with corresponding recess inthe opposite plate, at the junction ofthe plates, as

1. The metallic eye H, constructed by two hooked platee being clamped upon each other, and upon their v vherein shown, and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of buckle P with the double securing-plate'M m, as herein shown, and for the purpose described. l

5. The cross-bar r, substantially as and for` the purpose set forth.

`6. In connection with the cross-bar and tongue r R, the shoulders, to improve the, downward-bearing surface of the tongue, substantially in the manner described. y

The above specification of our invention signedA by us, this- 22d day of November, 1867.

' WILSON GARRISON,

CHARLES H. STEVENS.

Witnesses:

F. A. MonLnY, J. C. CAMPBELL. 

